Pumping apparatus.



Patented May I3, |902.

J. ALBREFCZENSKI.

PUNIPING APPARATUS.

(Application led July 30, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

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Patented May I3, |902. J. ALBREFCZENSKI.

PUMPING APPARATUS.

{Application led July 30, 1901.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2` (No Model.)

Unirse STATES' Ainsi* Ottici-3;

JOI-IN ALBREFCZENSKI, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Put/:PING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,829, dated. May 13, 1902.

Application filed July 30,1901. Serial No. 70,218. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom iz'; may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ALBREFCZENSKI, a citizen of the United States, residing in the cityand county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Pumping Apparatus; and I hereby declare the following to be a full7 clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an apparatus designed for pumping liquids.

It consists of a horizontally-j ou rnaled wheel having buckets around the periphery adapted to receive the impact of waves of the ocean or of the current of a river, whereby it is revolved, and in conjunction with this of a wind-wheel and intermediate gearing connecting it with the shaft of the water-wheel, whereby the two forces may be combined.

By suitable gearing motion is communicated to a shaft having eccentrics or cranks thereon, and these are connected by rods with levers by which the plungers are operated in pump-cylinders. These levers are peculiarly mounted, so that the curvilinear movement of the levers about their fulcrums will be so compensated that their connection with the plunger-rods reciprocating in a direct line will not cause the latter to bind in their stuffing-boxes. Suitable means are employed for automatically supplying the pumps with water, which is afterward conducted to any desired point.

My invention also comprises details of coustruction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Figure l is a side elevation of my apparatus, showing a part of the end of the wheel broken away to expose the buckets. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion, showing the application of the apparatus to vertical pumping. Fig. fl shows the arrangement of the bevelgear and shafts.

My apparatus comprises a wheel A of any desired length and diameter. This wheel is horizontally journaled upon a suitable supporting-frame, as at 2, and is provided with buckets 3 of such forrn that waves of the ocean striking them will cause the wheel to steady current the same action would be produced by the current of the river.

My present arrangement is especially designed for a wave-motor, andthe buckets are so formed that the wheel being submerged by the incoming waves near the beach these waves will act upon the buckets above the shaft or axis, turning it in that direction, and then as the waves recede from the beach they will act upon the bucket below the shaft, continuing its rotation.

In case the sea is not running high enough to submerge the wheel it will then actin only one direction upon the lower part of the buckets; but whatever may be the direction of movement the power is transmitted through the bevel-gears, as at 4, to a vertical shaft 5, and this is connected by bevel-gears, as at 6, with the horizontal shaft 7 of a windmill S. By this combination of the two powers I, am enabled to utilize both the air and the water, so that if but little sea is running and there is any wind the windmill will take up the work, and if the wind be small and considerable sea running the water-wheel will do the work, and in case both forces can be utilized I can correspondingly increase the power.

Upon the shaft of the water wheel is mounted a spur-gear 9, andA this engages a spur-pinion, as at l0,-mounted upon a horizontally-j ournaled shaft 11. Upon this shaft are fixed the eccentrics or cranks 12, and through these eccentrics or cranks and the connecting-rods 13 power is transmitted to reciprocate the leverslfi. The rods connect with the upper ends of the levers, as here shown,- and the lower ends of the levers are connected with fulcrumed links l5, having springs 16 beneath and upon which the lower ends of the levers and the connected ends of the links are supported.

17 represents links connected with the le- Vers between their fulcrum-points and the upper ends,which are operated by the rods 13, so that at this point a reciprocation of the levers takes place which is less than that of the rods 13 and has a correspondingly-increased power. These links 17 are connected with the plungers 18, working in the pumpcylinders 19, and connect with plungers within those cylinders. (Not here shown.)

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The movement of the plunger-rods 18 being essentially in a straight line, it is necessary to make such connection lwith the levers 14, which move in arcs o f circles about their fulcrunlpoints, so as to prevent the pump-rods from being strained, and this is effected by the links 17. It is also desirable to support the weight of the levers and the various connecting-rods to further prevent any pressure upon the pump-rods, which would causel them to wear in the stuffingboXes through which they pass, and this is eiiectedy by the springs 16, upon which they are supported.

2O represents funnels so disposed that the water from the sea or from the flowing current will enter these funnels, and the lower ends of the funnels are connected by pipes 2l with the pump-cylinders, so as to furnish a constant supply to these pumps. The funnels are of suiicient size to retain a constant supply of water sufcient to supply the pumpcylinder for one or more strokes, so that in case the waves are only high enough to occasionally ll the funnel there will be a supply at all times for the operation of the pump. The eccentrics may be set in opposition to each other if a single pair is used, or as many o'f them may be arranged upon an eccentricshaft as it may be desired to operate pumps.

The discharge ends of the pumps are connected by pipes 22 with a common conducting-pipe, as 23, through which the water is conveyed to an uptake or discharge pipe 24, leading to any point to which it is desired to carry the water.

An apparatus thus formed serves to provide a constant and regular supply of water for baths, irrigating, watering streets, or any similar or like purposes.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the pump-cylinders are horizontal and the connections are so disposed with relation to the horizontal movements of the pump-plungers.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the device as arranged to operate in a vertically-disposed pump-cylinder such as might be used for directly elevating the water. In this case the power transmitted from the eccentric 12 is by means of the rod 13, which in this case is shown to operate vertically instead of horiceases zontally, and the lever 14 is approximately horizontal, being fulcrumed to the pivoted links 15, as before described, and having the link connection 17 with the plunger-rod 18, which is movable in the vertically-disposed cylinder 19. The operation is essentially the same, with the exception that the pump is in a vertical instead of a horizontal position. I have also shown a belt, as at 25, which may be substituted for the gears 9 and 10, by which power is transmitted from the wheel to the eccentric-shaft, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to protect by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination in a single apparatus of a horizontally-journaled water-wheel wholly or partly submerged within a stream and having buckets exposed to tidal conditions and the waves or current thereof whereby the wheel is operated bythe natural power of the stream, pump-cylinders having plungers movable therein, means connected with the pump-cylinders and retaining a constant sup*- ply of water sufcient to supply the cylinders for one or more strokes, a windmill exposed to the air and operated by air-currents, a shaft and connections between the windmill and water-wheel, and connections between the water-wheel shaft and the pump-plungers.

2. In a pumping apparatus, wind and water wheels, with intermediate connections whereby the combined power of the two is transmitted, cranks or eccentrics mounted upon asupplemental shaft and mechanism by which power is transmitted from the driving-wheels thereto, fulcrumed levers having their upper ends connected with the eccentrics, and jointed links by whichvthe intermediate portions of the levers are connected with the plunger-rods of the pump-cylinders, funnels into which the water is automatically delivered, connections between said tunnels and the pump-cylinders whereby the latter are supplied, and the discharge-main with which the pump-cylinders are connected.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOI-IN ALBREFCZENSKI. Witnesses:

S. I-I. NoUnsn, JEssIE C. BRODIE. 

